The healthy donor effect and survey participation, becoming a donor and donor career.

BACKGROUND: The healthy donor effect (HDE) is a selection bias caused by the health criteria blood donors must meet. It obscures investigations of beneficial/adverse health effects of blood donation and complicates the generalizability of findings from blood donor cohorts. To further characterize the HDE we investigated how self-reported health and lifestyle are associated with becoming a blood donor, lapsing, and donation intensity. Furthermore, we examined differences in mortality based on donor status. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The Danish National Health Survey was linked to the Scandinavian Donations and Transfusions (SCANDAT) database and Danish register data. Logistic- and normal regression was used to compare baseline characteristics and participation. Poisson regression was used to investigate future donation choices. Donation intensity was explored by the Anderson-Gill model and Poisson regression. Mortality was investigated using Poisson regression. RESULTS: Blood donors were more likely to participate in the surveys, OR = 2.45 95% confidence interval (2.40-2.49) than non-donors. Among survey participants, better self-reported health and healthier lifestyle were associated with being or becoming a blood donor, donor retention, and to some extent donation intensity, for example, current smoking conveyed lower likelihood of becoming a donor, OR = 0.70 (0.66-0.75). We observed lower mortality for donors and survey participants, respectively, compared with non-participating non-donors. CONCLUSION: We provide evidence that blood donation is associated with increased likelihood to participate in health surveys, possibly a manifestation of the HDE. Furthermore, becoming a blood donor, donor retention, and donation intensity was associated with better self-reported health and healthier lifestyles.

'Stay at home and limit contact': The impact of stay-at-home advice on the behavior of Australian donors aged 70 and over in the first year of the pandemic.

BACKGROUND: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian donors aged 70 and over were advised to temporarily stop donating. The aim of this research was to understand the factors associated with some of these donors continuing to donate despite the advice, and whether adherence to the advice had negative implications for donor retention. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Survey data from 2078 donors were analyzed to understand the factors associated with donating blood during the first 6 months of the pandemic, and the impact of following stay-at-home advice during the first 6 months of the pandemic on donor return 6-12 months into the pandemic. Panel data were used to gain an overview of donation behavior before, during, and after the initial phase of the pandemic. RESULTS: Donations by donors aged 70 and over decreased disproportionately to other age groups during the early stages of the pandemic. Sex, total donation count, awareness of stay-at-home advice from the Blood Collection Agency, the mode of receiving stay-at-home advice, donor risk perceptions and attitudes toward stay-at-home advice were associated with donation behavior in the first 6 months of the pandemic. Donors who did not donate in the first 6 months of the pandemic had lower odds of returning 6-12 months into the pandemic. CONCLUSION: Stay-at-home advice was partially successful in preventing older donors from donating; however, more tailored communication approaches may have prevented more donors from donating. Implementation of stay-at-home advice should be accompanied by strategies to prevent ongoing donor lapse in the medium- to long-term.

Set Size and Donation Behavior.

Choice overload is the phenomenon that increasing the number of options in an assortment makes choosing between options more difficult, sometimes leading to avoidance of making a choice. In this pre-registered online experiment (N = 501), choice overload was tested in a charitable behavior context, where participants faced a monetary donation choice. Charity organization assortment size was varied between groups, ranging between 2 and 80 options. The results indicate that there were no meaningful differences in donation likelihood between the 16 organization assortment sizes, neither for individuals with high preference certainty nor for individuals with uncertain preferences among charitable causes. Having more charitable organizations to choose from did not affect donation behavior.

Self-focused or other-focused: The influence of acknowledgment type on subsequent donation desires.

This study employs morality preference theory to explore how acknowledgment type (self- vs. other-focused) influences donors' subsequent donation desires. The current research consists of 3 studies. Study 1 finds that an other-focused acknowledgment letter elicits higher subsequent donation desires than a self-focused letter. Study 2 testifies to the mediating role of morality preference between the relationship of acknowledgment type and subsequent donation desires. Study 3 manipulates the moral value on "what is the morally right thing of donation" and developed a new scale to measure morality preference. Study 4 excludes the influence of language structure and tests the main effect in a real donation behavior context.

Online users' donation behavior to medical crowdfunding projects: Mediating analysis of social presence and perceived differences in trust.

Perceived trust is a key factor affecting the behavior to donate online. In order to further explore the factors and influencing mechanisms that affect the success of medical crowdfunding projects, this paper, combined with the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) theory, introduces the mediating variable of social presence and perceived differences in trust, and constructs a model of online users' donation behavior to medical crowdfunding projects. We collected 437 valid samples through a questionnaire survey, and processed the data with SPSS and Amos software to test and analyze the theoretical model. The research results showed that project description and user participation have a significant positive effect on social presence; project transparency and patient identity have a significant negative effect on perceived differences in trust; social presence has a positive effect on donation behavior, while the perceived difference in trust has a negative effect; social presence and perceived differences in trust play a mediating role respectively; there is no significant effect of patient status on social presence. This study further expands the application of social presence and perceived differences in trust in medical crowdfunding, and provides a theoretical basis for the success of medical crowdfunding projects.

Does language make people more prosocial? The influence of Mandarin proficiency on donation behavior.

Both the effects of language proficiency on individual outcomes, and the influencing factors of individual donation arouse wide concern, but researchers have hardly probed into the relationship between language proficiency and donation behavior. Using the data from the 2012 China General Social Survey (CGSS) and the binary logistic regression model as the benchmark model, this study empirically examines the influence and mechanism of language proficiency on donation behavior. It is revealed that Mandarin proficiency has significant positive influence on individual donation behavior. According to the results of the variable substitution practice and the instrumental variable regression based on the two-stage least square model, the above conclusion remains robust. The heterogeneity test shows that Mandarin proficiency of male, southern and rural residents has more obvious impact on donation behavior. The multiple intermediary effect test indicates that perceived social responsibility and subjective social status partially mediate the relationship between Mandarin proficiency and donation behavior. Therefore, it indicates that language proficiency has a prosocial effect, which makes people more prosocial. This study contributes to the literature on donation behavior by examining the influencing mechanism of Mandarin proficiency on individual donation, and further the effects of language proficiency on individual outcomes, thereby providing theoretical and empirical support for the formulation of policies for the promotion of Mandarin and social donation in China.

Stress and Emotional Intelligence Shape Giving Behavior: Are There Different Effects of Social, Cognitive, and Emotional Stress?

Acute stress has been linked with prosocial behavior, yet it is entirely unexplored how different types of stressors may affect individuals' willingness to help: This is particularly relevant while people is experiencing multiple sources of stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we explore whether different types of stress influence peoples' giving behavior and the moderating role of emotional intelligence (EI). Undergraduate students were exposed to experimentally induced social, cognitive, or emotional stress and were asked to self-report on their willingness to help and donate to a charity raising funds for COVID-19 and flu patients. Results showed that when compared to a control condition, after being exposed to a social stress, participants were more willing to help a person in need. Our results also provide evidence that, after experiencing a social stress, participants with high (vs low) trait EI were more willing to help, and, as a result, donated more. Findings indicate that moderate levels of distress are associated with increased donations. Interestingly, when stress is not too threatening, high EI can regulate it and promote prosocial behaviors.

Fire spreading across boundaries: The positive spillover of entrepreneurial passion to family and community domains.

Passion plays a crucial role in entrepreneurial activity, while its positive spillover to the family and community domains is scant. We proposed an integrated enrichment framework of "work-family-community" based on the literature in the field. Drawing upon the matching samples of entrepreneurs' individuals, families, and communities in the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) database, we identified a significant positive spillover effect into the family and community domains and explored the moderating role of the entrepreneur's perceived personal control. The empirical results indicate that entrepreneurs with higher passion experience higher subjective wellbeing related to family members and have a higher likelihood of engagement in prosocial behaviors. Perceived personal control positively moderates the spillover of passion to life and economic satisfaction. The spread of an entrepreneurial role model's peer effect and the contagion of entrepreneurial passion have a significant positive impact on entrepreneurial behavior in a cluster. Synthesizing our findings, we contribute to the literature concerning work-family enrichment, entrepreneurial passion, and the spillover-crossover model and offer important implications for entrepreneurs' role transition tension.

Corporate donation behavior during the covid-19 pandemic. A case-study approach in the multinational inditex.

The situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the confinement in many countries, has led to a global crisis, not only in health but also in economy and social issues. But it has also provoked a wave of solidarity and unprecedented donation behavior by many companies worldwide. Inditex, one of the main fashion multinationals, has become a referent for its reaction speed and has been ranked number one among the most significant companies for its Corporate Social Responsibility during the lockdown. Drawing from Stakeholder, Legitimacy, and Ethics of Care Theories, the aim of this paper is to analyze Inditex as a case study and reflect on the impact of its donation behavior on its corporate reputation. A desk research approach by using secondary data about the corporation, and a content analysis of press releases with ATLASti software during this time, let conclude that effective corporate donation impacts and improves the reputation of the corporation among its stakeholders.

Good Deeds Could Come From Frustrated Individuals.

Frustration is often seen as negative, but as to whether it may have a positive impact on the individual is still undecided. This research was conducted to explore the influence of frustration on altruistic tendency and altruistic level in college students (17-21 years old). By presenting a highly difficult task combined with negative feedback, we effectively induced frustration in Experiment 1 (n = 70). By assessing the donation behavior of participants (n = 54) in a real-life scenario following the experimental manipulation of frustration, we examined the relationship between frustration and altruism in Experiment 2. Results showed that frustrating situations could, on some level, improve altruistic behavior [t (8.834) = 3.013, p = 0.015]. More specifically, among participants who donated, the amount donated was higher in the frustration group compared to the control (fulfillment) group; the proportion of people who donated did not differ by group.

Influence of Cost and Self-Control on Individual Donation Behavior: The Promoting Effect of Self-Affirmation.

PURPOSE: Donation behavior plays a crucial role in promoting the development of social and public welfare undertakings. Previous studies have partially explored the influencing factors of donation behavior, but effective methods for boosting individuals' donation behavior remain unclear. Based on the resource dependence theory, our present study further explored the promoting effect of self-affirmation on the relationship among cost, self-control, and individuals' donation behavior, and provided empirical basis for boosting individuals' donation behavior. METHODS: In preliminary experiment, Carlson's real donation paradigm was conducted to examine the effect of cost on individuals' donation behavior. In experiment 1, we examined the effects of cost, self-control ability, and self-affirmation on individuals' donation behavior. Individuals with high or low self-control ability were assigned to complete the experimental induction of self-affirmation or non-affirmation. Subsequently, all participants completed the donation task under three cost conditions same as preliminary experiment. In experiment 2, we examined the effects of cost, self-control resource, and self-affirmation on individuals' donation behavior. Participants were assigned to complete the different Stroop task to induce the state of self-control resource exhaustion or non-exhaustion. Then, they completed the priming of self-affirmation or non-affirmation same as experiment 1. Finally, all participants completed the donation task under three cost conditions same as preliminary experiment. RESULTS: The results of preliminary experiment indicated that participants engaged in more donation behavior under low- and medium-cost conditions compared with high-cost condition. The results of experiment 1 demonstrated that self-affirmation exerted a promoting effect on the donation behavior for individuals with low self-control ability under low-, medium-, and high-cost conditions. The results of experiment 2 demonstrated that self-affirmation promoted the donation behavior of individuals with self-control resource exhaustion under low-, medium-, and high-cost conditions. CONCLUSION: Self-affirmation could promote the donation behavior of individuals with low self-control ability and those with self-control resource exhaustion, whether donation's cost was high or low. Self-affirmation plays a crucial role for boosting individuals' donation behavior.

The Contagion of Donation Behaviors Changes Along With the Abatement of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Intertemporal Survey Experiment.

We conducted an intertemporal online experiment to examine the contagion of others' positive and negative donation behaviors. We collected two sets of data during and after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. The participants donated to the charitable fund, "Against COVID-19, The China Charity Federation Is on the Move." We further investigated the mediating effect of social anxiety on the link between the contagion of donation behaviors and the changes in the COVID-19 situation. A total of 1022 participants (Mage = 22.68, 63.01% females) participated in the intertemporal online experiment and were considered in the statistical analyses. Our findings were as follows. First, the donation behaviors of others significantly changed these participants' initial donation decisions, with increased or decreased donation amounts being associated with a positive or negative donation behavior, respectively. Others' positive donation behavior was more likely to nudge these participants into changing their initial decisions (31.82%, Mean = 15.177, SD = 1.586) than negative donation behavior (18.28%, Mean = 12.122, SD = 1.908) during the peak of the pandemic. However, such difference disappeared after the peak because the contagion of positive donation behavior significantly decreased along with the abatement of the pandemic. Second, the participants' social anxiety decreased along with the abatement of the pandemic, and social anxiety completely mediated the relationship between the pandemic abatement and the decrease in the contagion of positive donation behaviors. These findings advance our understanding of the motivations and influence mechanism of individuals' donation decisions in the current pandemic situation and help make informed policy making decisions.

German Laypeople's Willingness to Donate Toward Insect Conservation: Application of an Extended Protection Motivation Theory.

It is essential to engage the public in conservation measures to conserve insects. We investigate the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), as well as knowledge, attitudes, and sociodemographic variables (gender, age, education level, and income) as predictors of willingness to donate (WTD) and actual donations to insect conservation for a representative German sample (N = 515; MAge = 49.36, SD = 16.73; female = 50.1%). The PMT subcomponents severity, self-efficacy, and response efficacy, as well as attitudes toward insects, income, and education level, significantly predicted WTD. In contrast, severity, response barriers, age, gender, and the WTD significantly influenced actual donations. Overall, components of the PMT have high predictive power for both dependent variables. Our results suggest that an intention-behavior gap exists between the intention to donate and the actual donation toward insect conservation. Measures to increase WTD and actual donations for insect conservation are discussed.

Climate Change From a Distance: An Analysis of Construal Level and Psychological Distance From Climate Change.

The public perception of climate change as abstract and distant may undermine climate action. According to construal level theory, whether a phenomenon is perceived as psychologically distant or close is associated with whether it is construed as abstract or concrete, respectively. Previous work has established a link between psychological distance and climate action, but the associated role of construal level has yet to be explored in depth. In two representative surveys of Australians (N = 217 and N = 216), and one experiment (N = 319), we tested whether construal level and psychological distance from climate change predicted pro-environmental intentions and policy support, and whether manipulating distance and construal increased pro-environmental behaviors such as donations. Results showed that psychological closeness to climate change predicted more engagement in pro-environmental behaviors, while construal level produced inconsistent results, and manipulations of both variables failed to produce increases in pro-environmental behaviors. In contrast with the central tenet of construal level theory, construal level was unrelated to psychological distance in all three studies. Our findings suggest that the hypothesized relationship between construal level and psychological distance may not hold in the context of climate change, and that it may be difficult to change pro-environmental behavior by manipulating these variables.

Recruitment strategy of prospective blood donors from pregnant women's family members / 中国输血杂志

【Objective】 To investigate the status of blood donation of pregnant women's family members, so as to recruit their family members and establish potential blood donation team. 【Methods】 Questionnaire survey was carried out among family members of pregnant women who participated in blood preparation plan by random sampling. 【Results】 The motivations of self-efficacy, internal reward, severity and stress of blood donors were significantly higher than those of non-donors, but non-donors concerned more about negative feelings of phlebotomy(P<0.05). People with rare blood type, low age, high income, weak negative motivation and strong positive motivation had stronger blood donation intention and higher probability of blood donation behavior(P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 It is necessary to expand blood sources through multiple channels by organizing publicity activities around targeted groups, such as establishing channels for blood donation reservation, taking the lead role of the donated crowd, so as to build up a recruitment team for voluntary blood donation.

Motivation, intention and behavior of prenatal blood donation between families of RhD negative and positive pregnant women: A comparative study / 中国输血杂志

【Objective】 To explore the feasibility and necessity of establishing a scheduled blood donation team focusing on pregnant women′s blood preparation by the comparative analysis between RhD positive and negative pregnant women′s family participation in the team, so as to provide basis for decision-making on fine management of key groups of voluntary blood donation. 【Methods】 A questionnaire survey was conducted between the families of RhD negative and positive pregnant women participating in the blood preparation program from January to September 2020 to compare the differences in incentive measures, blood donation cognition, motivation, intention and behavior between the two groups. 【Results】 For common incentive measures for blood donation, both families of RhD negative pregnant women(the former) and families of RhD positive pregnant women(the latter) preferred expectant mothers to use blood first, accounting for 98.02% (99/101) and 98.51% (132/134), respectively, with no significant difference.For other incentive measures, the preference of the former were significantly higher (P<0.05). For the cognition of voluntary blood donation, the awareness of the former was higher than that of the latter, with significant difference(P<0.05), except for clinical blood use expenses; the score of intention to donate blood of the former was higher than that of the latter(P<0.05); among the six factors of motivation to blood donation, the score of severity of the former(understanding of the status of blood supply) was higher than that of the latter, and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Analysis of ROC curve showed that AUC of fitting model of the former and latter was 0.816 (95% CI: 0.731~0.902) and 0.924 (95% CI: 0.871~0.977). 【Conclusion】 Pregnant women families participated in the program are more interested in the incentive measures of health policies.The former has higher awareness of the current supply situation hence demonstrates higher intention to donate blood than the latter.Therefore, relevant policies should be formulated to improve the enthusiasm of pregnant women families to participate in voluntary blood donation, optimize the construction strategy of scheduled blood donation team and expand the donation team while ensuring blood use of pregnant women.

Investigation and analysis on influencing factors of blood donation motivation and behavior in Foshan citizens / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To understand the motivation of blood donation and the main influencing factors of blood donation behav-ior to formulate a targeted recruitment strategy.Methods A stratified cluster sampling method was adopted to perform the ques-tionnaire investigation on the influencing factors of blood donation without payment in 583 non-donors and 554 blood donors of Fos-han City.The analysis was performed by using the chi square test and Logistic regression analysis method.Results The character-istics of blood donation population were more males,aged 20-<30 years old,high school or secondary education,monthly income in 1 000-<3 000 Yuan;the main motivation for donating blood wasdevotion to love and social responsibility;the blood donation behavior was affected by the factors ofdevotion to love and social responsibility,give repeated donors certificate and medalfear of infectious disease and blood donation will affect healthfear of painandblood donation site traffic inconvenience and other factors.Conclusion The factors of incentive measures,barriers measures,psychological factors,blood donation services,and so on will affect the citizens to donate blood.Different recruitment strategies should be developed for different crowds.

Hong Kong young people's blood donation behavior.

INTRODUCTION: Similar to other developed countries, only 3% of the total population in Hong Kong donate blood (Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service 2003). More than 20% of annual donations come from youngsters aged 18-25. However, this category of donors has decreased gradually from 24.6% in 2004 to 22.9% in 2008. This study aims to examine the characteristics and intention of young blood donors versus nondonors in Hong Kong; and to explore the factors that may influence Hong Kong young people's donation behavior. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study using questionnaire to solicit information from young people including both blood donors and non-donors. RESULTS: It showed that more non-donors were underweight (26%) than blood donors (16.9%). Blood donors demonstrated to have more knowledge on the usage of donated blood (87.2%). Nearly half of youngster admitted that they made use of donation as a means for blood testing (53.1%) or free physical check-up (47.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Recruitment strategies should focus on the enhancement of health education programs related to blood and blood donation for young people to increase their awareness of blood and alleviate their misconceptions about blood donation.